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be final when the extension expires if a 

hearing request has not been received. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Dated this 28th day of November 2023. 

/RA/ 

John D. Monninger, 

Regional Administrator, NRC Region IV. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26951 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. 50–18, 50–70, 50–73, 50–183, 

70–754, 70–1113, 70–1220, 72–1, 11001075, 

11001076, 11005081, 11005086, 11005186, 

11005555, and 11006278; NRC–2023–0119] 

Indirect Transfers of Licenses; Order; 

In the Matter of General Electric 

Company, GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy 

Americas, LLC, and Global Nuclear 

Fuel-Americas, LLC 

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing an order 

approving the application filed by 

General Electric Company (GE), GEHitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, LLC 

(GEHA), and Global Nuclear FuelAmericas, LLC (GNF–A) on May 30, 

2023, as supplemented by letters dated 

June 20, June 26, and September 27, 

2023. Specifically, the order approves 

the indirect transfers of Possession Only 

License No. DPR–1 for the Vallecitos 

Boiling Water Reactor at the Vallecitos 

Nuclear Center (VNC) in Sunol, 

California; Possession Only License No. 

TR–1 for the GE Test Reactor at the 

VNC; Facility Operating License No. R– 

33 for the Nuclear Test Reactor at the 

VNC; Possession Only License No. DR– 

10 for the Empire State Atomic 

Development Associates Vallecitos 

Experimental Superheat Reactor at the 

VNC; Special Nuclear Material License 

Nos. SNM–960 and SNM–1270 for the 

VNC; Special Nuclear Material License 

No. SNM–1097 for the Wilmington Fuel 

Manufacturing Facility in Wilmington, 

North Carolina; Special Nuclear 

Material License No. SNM–2500 for the 

Morris Operation Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation in Grundy 

County, Illinois, near Morris, Illinois; 

and Export License Nos. XR135, 

XSNM1662, XSNM3066, XCOM1124, 

XSNM03135, XSNM3398, and 

XSNM3785 from GE, the parent 

company of the license holders, GEHA 

and GNF–A, to GE Vernova LLC, later 

to be converted to a corporation (GE 

Vernova Corp.). 

DATES: The order was issued on 

November 30, 2023, and is effective 

immediately. 

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID 

NRC–2023–0119 when contacting the 

NRC about the availability of 

information regarding this document. 

You may obtain publicly available 

information related to this document 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to 

https://www.regulations.gov and search 

for Docket ID NRC–2023–0119. Address 

questions about Docket IDs in 

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 

telephone: 301–415–0624; email: 

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical 

questions, contact the individual listed 

in the ‘‘FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT’’ section of this document. 

• NRC’s Agencywide Documents 

Access and Management System 

(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly 

available documents online in the 

ADAMS Public Documents collection at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. To begin the search, select 

‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.’’ For 

problems with ADAMS, please contact 

the NRC’s Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff at 1–800–397–4209, at 

301–415–4737, or by email to 

PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. The order and 

the NRC staff safety evaluation 

supporting the order are available in 

ADAMS under Package Accession No. 

ML23283A327. 

• NRC’s PDR: The PDR, where you 

may examine and order copies of 

publicly available documents, is open 

by appointment. To make an 

appointment to visit the PDR, please 

send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov 

or call 1–800–397–4209 or 301–415– 

4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern 

time (ET), Monday through Friday, 

except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Osiris Siurano-Pe ́rez, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone: 

301–415–7827; email: Osiris.SiuranoPerez@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The text of 

the order is attached. 

Dated: December 5, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Osiris Siurano-Perez, 

Project Manager, Fuel Facility Licensing 

Branch, Division of Fuel Management, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards. 

Attachment—Order Approving the 

Indirect Transfers of Control of License 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

In the Matter of General Electric 

Company, Ge–Hitachi Nuclear Energy 

Americas, LLC, and Global Nuclear 

Fuel-Americas, LLC: EA–23–132; 

Docket Nos.: 50–18, 50–70, 50–73, 

50–183, 70–754, 70–1113, 70–1220, 

72–1, 11001075, 11001076, 11005081, 

11005086,11005186, 11005555, 

11006278; License Nos.: DPR–1, TR– 

1, R–33, DR–10 SNM–960, SNM– 

1097, SNM–1270, SNM–2500, XR135, 

XSNM1662, XSNM3066, XCOM1124, 


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XSNM03135, XSNM3398, 

XSNM3785; Certificate of Compliance 

Nos.: 9228 (Transportation Package 

USA/9228/B(U)F-96), 9294 

(Transportation Package USA/9294/ 

AF-96), and 9309 (Transportation 

Package USA/9309/B(U)F–96). 

Order Approving the Indirect Transfers 

of Control of Licenses 

I. 

General Electric Company (GE) and 

Hitachi Ltd. (Hitachi), a Japanese 

corporation, hold the ownership 

interests in GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy 

Americas, LLC (GEHA) and Global 

Nuclear Fuel-Americas, LLC (GNF–A), 

with GE holding 60 percent ownership 

interest and Hitachi holding the 

remaining 40 percent ownership interest 

through wholly owned companies. 

Currently, GEHA is the holder of part 50 

of title 10 of the Code of Federal 

Regulations (10 CFR), ‘‘Domestic 

Licensing of Production and Utilization 

Facilities,’’ reactor license numbers R– 

33, DPR–1, DR–10, and TR–1 for 

reactors at the Vallecitos Nuclear Center 

(VNC) in Sunol, California. GEHA also 

holds 10 CFR part 70, ‘‘Domestic 

Licensing of Special Nuclear Material,’’ 

special nuclear material (SNM) license 

numbers SNM–960 and SNM–1270 for 

the VNC. In addition, GEHA is the 

holder of 10 CFR part 72, ‘‘Licensing 

Requirements for the Independent 

Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, HighLevel Radioactive Waste, and ReactorRelated Greater Than Class C Waste,’’ 

license number SNM–2500 for the 

Morris Operation Independent Spent 

Fuel Storage Installation (ISFSI) in 

Morris, Illinois, and also holds export 

license numbers XR- 135 and 

XCOM1124. GEHA also holds 

Certificate of Compliance (CoC) number 

9228 for Transportation Package USA/ 

9228/B(U)F–96. GNF–A is the holder of 

10 CFR part 70 license number SNM– 

1097 for the Wilmington Fuel 

Manufacturing Facility in Wilmington, 

North Carolina, and also holds export 

license numbers XSNM1662, 

XSNM03135, XSNM3398, XSNM3785, 

and XSNM3066, as well as CoC 

numbers 9294 for Transportation 

Package USA/9294/AF–96 and 9309 for 

Transportation Package USA/9309/ 

B(U)F–96. 

II. 

By letter dated May 30, 2023 

(Agencywide Documents Access and 

Management System Accession Number 

ML23152A116), as supplemented by 

letters dated June 20, 2023 

(ML23171A976), June 26, 2023 

(ML23177A089), and September 27, 

2023 (ML23271A086) (collectively, the 

application), GE, GEHA, and GNF–A 

(together, the applicants) submitted an 

application requesting that the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, 

the Commission) consent to the indirect 

transfers of control of the NRC reactor, 

materials, and export licenses held by 

GEHA and GNF–A and providing 

related notice for the CoCs held by 

GEHA and GNF–A. The applicants 

stated that the application involves the 

second phase of a company 

reorganization in which GE would 

transfer its various energy-related 

businesses, including its ownership 

interest in GEHA and GNF–A, into a 

recently created wholly owned 

subsidiary named GE Vernova LLC. 

Hitachi’s ownership interests would not 

be affected by the proposed transaction. 

The applicants stated that the 

reorganization would occur in two 

steps, each of which would involve an 

indirect transfer of control of the NRC 

licenses. First, GE Vernova LLC would 

become an intermediate holding 

company and an indirect corporate 

parent of both GEHA and GNF–A. 

Second, GE Vernova LLC would be 

converted into a corporation (i.e., GE 

Vernova Corp.) and then GE would 

distribute the shares of GE Vernova 

Corp. to its shareholders. As a result, GE 

Vernova Corp. would become the new 

ultimate U.S. parent company for both 

GEHA and GNF–A. These two steps are 

required to effectuate the transaction, 

and the second step would not occur 

without the first. The applicants stated 

that only a single application for both 

steps was being submitted and 

requested that the NRC grant its consent 

to both steps. There would be no direct 

transfer of control of the NRC licenses 

involved with the transaction because 

GEHA and GNF–A would continue to be 

the holders of the NRC licenses after the 

proposed transaction. There would also 

be no change in the management or 

technical personnel responsible for 

licensed activities. The current safety, 

security, and licensing organizations 

within GEHA and GNF–A would remain 

unchanged. Additionally, there are no 

planned changes in the operational 

organization, location, facilities, 

equipment, or procedures associated 

with the NRC licenses, and there would 

be no changes in operating procedures, 

emergency procedures, or 

decommissioning financial assurance. 

Because the licensees remain the same, 

there will be no physical transfer of any 

records concerning the safe and 

effective decommissioning of the 

facilities, public dose, and waste 

disposal, and such records will remain 

with GEHA and GNF–A. No physical or 

operational changes affecting the GEHA 

and GNF–A sites and licensed activities 

were proposed in the application. 

The applicants requested the NRC’s 

consent to the indirect transfers of 

control pursuant to Section 184 of the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended 

(the Act), and 10 CFR 50.80, 70.36, 

72.50, and 110.50(d). A notice of receipt 

of the application and opportunity to 

request a hearing and provide written 

comments was published in the Federal 

Register on July 19, 2023 (88 FR 46197). 

The NRC did not receive any comments 

or requests for a hearing in response to 

this notice. 

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.80, no 

license for a production or utilization 

facility, or any right thereunder, shall be 

transferred, either voluntarily or 

involuntarily, directly or indirectly, 

through transfer of control of the license 

to any person, unless the Commission 

gives its consent in writing. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 70.36, no 

license granted under the regulations of 

10 CFR part 70 and no right to possess 

or utilize SNM granted by any license 

issued pursuant to the regulations in 10 

CFR part 70 shall be transferred, either 

voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or 

indirectly, through transfer of control of 

any license to any person unless the 

Commission shall after securing full 

information, find that the transfer is in 

accordance with the provisions of the 

Act, and shall give its consent in 

writing. In accordance with 10 CFR 

72.50, no license or any part included 

in a license for an ISFSI shall be 

transferred, either voluntarily or 

involuntarily, directly or indirectly, 

through transfer of control of the license 

to any person, unless the Commission 

gives its consent in writing. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 110.50(d), a 

specific license may be transferred to 

another person only with the approval 

of the Commission. 

Upon review of the information in the 

application, as supplemented, and other 

information before the NRC, and relying 

on the representations contained in the 

application, the NRC staff has 

determined that GE Vernova Corp. is 

qualified to indirectly hold the NRC 

licenses, to the extent described in the 

application, and that the indirect 

transfers of the licenses are otherwise 

consistent with applicable provisions of 

law, regulations, and orders issued by 

the Commission pursuant thereto. The 

NRC staff has also determined that: (1) 

there is reasonable assurance that the 

health and safety of the public will not 

be endangered by operation in the 

proposed manner, (2) there is reasonable 

assurance that such activities will be 


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1See Docket No. RM2018–3, Order Adopting 

Final Rules Relating to Non-Public Information, 

June 27, 2018, Attachment A at 19–22 (Order No. 

4679). 

conducted in compliance with the 

Commission’s regulations, and (3) the 

transfers will not be inimical to the 

common defense and security or to the 

health and safety of the public. The 

findings set forth above are supported 

by an NRC staff safety evaluation dated 

the same date as this order, which is 

available at ADAMS Accession No. 

ML23283A328. 

III. 

Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 

161b, 161i, and 184 of the Act, 42 U.S.C. 

2201(b), 2201(i), and 2234; and 10 CFR 

50.80, 70.36, 72.50, and 110.50(d), IT IS 

HEREBY ORDERED that the license 

transfer application, as described 

herein, is approved. 

It is further ordered that after receipt 

of all required regulatory approvals of 

the proposed transaction, the applicants 

shall inform the Director of the Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation and the 

Director of the Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards in 

writing of such receipt at least one (1) 

business day before all actions 

necessary to accomplish the indirect 

transfers of control are completed. 

Should the proposed indirect transfers 

not be completed within 1 year of the 

date of this order, this order shall 

become null and void, provided, 

however, that upon timely written 

application and for good cause shown, 

such date may be extended by order. 

This order is effective upon issuance. 

For further details with respect to this 

order, see the application dated May 30, 

2023, as supplemented by letters dated 

June 20, 2023, June 26, 2023, and 

September 27, 2023, and the associated 

NRC staff safety evaluation dated the 

same date as this order. Publicly 

available documents created or received 

at the NRC are accessible electronically 

through ADAMS in the NRC Library at 

https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html. Persons who do not have 

access to ADAMS or who encounter 

problems in accessing the documents 

located in ADAMS should contact the 

NRC Public Document Room (PDR) 

reference staff by telephone at 1–800– 

397–4209 or 301–415–4737 or by email 

to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. 

Dated: November 30, 2023. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Robert M. Taylor, Deputy Director, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation for 

Andrea D. Veil, Director, 

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

John W. Lubinski, Director, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27005 Filed 12–7–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION 

[Docket Nos. CP2023–94; MC2024–90 and 

CP2024–92; MC2024–91 and CP2024–93; 

MC2024–92 and CP2024–94; MC2024–93 

and CP2024–95] 

New Postal Products 

AGENCY: Postal Regulatory Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission is noticing a 

recent Postal Service filing for the 

Commission’s consideration concerning 

a negotiated service agreement. This 

notice informs the public of the filing, 

invites public comment, and takes other 

administrative steps. 

DATES: Comments are due: December 

11, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http://

www.prc.gov. Those who cannot submit 

comments electronically should contact 

the person identified in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section by 

telephone for advice on filing 

alternatives. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David A. Trissell, General Counsel, at 

202–789–6820. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Contents 

I. Introduction 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

I. Introduction 

The Commission gives notice that the 

Postal Service filed request(s) for the 

Commission to consider matters related 

to negotiated service agreement(s). The 

request(s) may propose the addition or 

removal of a negotiated service 

agreement from the Market Dominant or 

the Competitive product list, or the 

modification of an existing product 

currently appearing on the Market 

Dominant or the Competitive product 

list. 

Section II identifies the docket 

number(s) associated with each Postal 

Service request, the title of each Postal 

Service request, the request’s acceptance 

date, and the authority cited by the 

Postal Service for each request. For each 

request, the Commission appoints an 

officer of the Commission to represent 

the interests of the general public in the 

proceeding, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 505 

(Public Representative). Section II also 

establishes comment deadline(s) 

pertaining to each request. 

The public portions of the Postal 

Service’s request(s) can be accessed via 

the Commission’s website (http://

www.prc.gov). Non-public portions of 

the Postal Service’s request(s), if any, 

can be accessed through compliance 

with the requirements of 39 CFR 

3011.301.1

The Commission invites comments on 

whether the Postal Service’s request(s) 

in the captioned docket(s) are consistent 

with the policies of title 39. For 

request(s) that the Postal Service states 

concern Market Dominant product(s), 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements include 39 U.S.C. 3622, 39 

U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3030, and 39 

CFR part 3040, subpart B. For request(s) 

that the Postal Service states concern 

Competitive product(s), applicable 

statutory and regulatory requirements 

include 39 U.S.C. 3632, 39 U.S.C. 3633, 

39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR part 3035, and 

39 CFR part 3040, subpart B. Comment 

deadline(s) for each request appear in 

section II. 

II. Docketed Proceeding(s) 

1. Docket No(s).: CP2023–94; Filing 

Title: USPS Notice of Amendment to 

Parcel Select Contract 56, Filed Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: December 

1, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Kenneth R. Moeller; Comments Due: 

December 11, 2023. 

2. Docket No(s).: MC2024–90 and 

CP2024–92; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail & USPS Ground 

Advantage Contract 128 to Competitive 

Product List and Notice of Filing 

Materials Under Seal; Filing Acceptance 

Date: December 1, 2023; Filing 

Authority: 39 U.S.C. 3642, 39 CFR 

3040.130 through 3040.135, and 39 CFR 

3035.105; Public Representative: 

Christopher C. Mohr; Comments Due: 

December 11, 2023. 

3. Docket No(s).: MC2024–91 and 

CP2024–93; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 8 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: December 

1, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 

3040.135, and 39 CFR 3035.105; Public 

Representative: Christopher C. Mohr; 

Comments Due: December 11, 2023. 

4. Docket No(s).: MC2024–92 and 

CP2024–94; Filing Title: USPS Request 

to Add Priority Mail Express, Priority 

Mail & USPS Ground Advantage 

Contract 27 to Competitive Product List 

and Notice of Filing Materials Under 

Seal; Filing Acceptance Date: December 

1, 2023; Filing Authority: 39 U.S.C. 

3642, 39 CFR 3040.130 through 


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